The two old men in charge of the overall command in the streets and alleys stood in front of them and looked at the wind, and when they saw the expression and face of the head of the household, they all knew that something must be wrong, and they were about to step forward, but they saw a middle-aged man dressed as a steward coming out of the door, thinking that it was someone from Gu Gouyuan's mansion.

The two didn't dare to show their faces, so they had to retreat again, relying on their old and thin, compared to the prime of life, their figure shrunk a lot, one looked for a tree, the other found a corner wall, and each hid in the corner to drill his head and go out to peek.

But when he saw the head of the household holding a small burden in his hand, he stood at the door with the steward of the Gu Mansion and talked for a while, and he didn't know what he was talking about, so he put the burden in his hand into the steward's arms.

The steward pushed and gave way several times in a row, but he couldn't dodge, so he simply waved his hand and threw the burden into the hands of the head of the household, regardless of whether the other party could pick it up or not, he retreated to the house, covered the two doors, and hurriedly inserted the latch, leaving the head of the household to stand outside with the burden.

The old man who was in charge of arranging the street watched the head of the household stand stupidly for a long time, like a winter melon, and would not come over to tell him about the situation, while he was angry, and on the other hand, he was not good at shouting loudly, he looked down and searched for a circle, bent down to pick up a stone from the ground, and squinted his eyes and smashed it on the head of the head of the householder.

The stone was not small, but fortunately he was old and frail, and he was old and dizzy, although he was also from the army in the past, but he did not hit his head, but only hit the back of the head of the household, but he heard a sound of "oops", and his person said "oops", and then turned his head with the burden in his hand.

The head of the household was about to scold, but when he saw an old face behind the tree, he hurriedly slapped the words in his throat and swallowed them again, and hurriedly went to the front, and did not dare to go around in circles again, wiped the sweat on his head with his hand, and was about to speak, but he was too anxious, and choked himself with a mouthful of saliva, and only patted his chest and coughed loudly.

Seeing this, the people behind them hurriedly surrounded them.

The old man in charge of the street was so anxious that he urged: "What did Gouyuan say? How can you have diarrhea when you encounter a big thing! Didn't you know when he was leaving? Are you going to leave early, trying to hide from me? ”

When he saw that the head of the household could only cough, he couldn't help but scold: "You occupy the pit and don't!" It's just that it's unreliable on weekdays, I just know cough, cough, cough, cough! It's talking! ”

He pointed to the burden in the other party's hand and asked, "Why did you come out with something when you went in empty-handed?" Gouyuan's things, you are embarrassed to accept them, but what is this? ”

While speaking, he snatched the burden from the other party's hand, and when he opened it, he saw that it was an excellent Shu brocade, and there were five or six copper coins on it.

When the old man saw what was inside, he gasped in shock, raised his head and poked the forehead of the head of the household with his index finger, and scolded with his fingers: "You have grown capable!" Gouyuan family also dare to accept the money?? How did my old Xiao family give birth to a species like you?! ”

The green tendons burst out, and the saliva splashed.

The head of the household coughed for a long time, and finally gasped back, afraid of being scolded again, and he couldn't take care of the others, so he hurriedly said: "Second uncle, second uncle!" I'm wronged! It's not what I'm going to take! It was the steward who forced it into me, saying that it was because of the layout of the house and the placement of furniture in the house, and the courtyard gave me a special apology! How dare I ask for it! Did you see that? What have I been hiding? Don't blame me for that! ”

The old man curled his fingers and smacked the head of the householder severely, and scolded: "Are you stupid? He gives you something, you go out to the house and throw it, and you can escape, can he still come up and chase you? ”

While holding the burden and leading the way, he said: "Let's go, go knock on the door, send the things back first, and when you meet Gouyuan, you tell him, this house doesn't need money, let's live with him for nothing, and when he is an official in Yongzhou, he will give him a place to live for a while!" It's that he is no longer an official in Yongzhou, and he will stay here until he comes back to live! ”

He muttered again: "If it weren't for the fear that someone in the court would use this to make trouble, falsely accuse the courtyard of embezzling the people's property, and give it to him directly, it would be cheaper, and take the courtyard to set up a good official, and it would be worth a lot of deals......"

As he spoke, he turned his head and shouted: "Bai Chang is such a big person, he can't even speak, and he has to be an uncle to teach!" Let your father know, he will break your leg! Don't keep up yet! This property is yours, do you want your uncle to go in and say no?! ”

He glared at the head of the household and said: "When you see Gouyuan, you speak prominently, so that he can know that the people of a city refuse to let him go, and only ask him to stay, that is, to give birth to ten or eight children, and there are also people to help take care of it. ”

said that he was about to lift the burden up, but before he could urge it, he saw that the nephew who was the head of the household on the opposite side looked sad and bitter, crying and sour, and opened and closed his mouth for several breaths before he said sadly: "Second uncle...... No need to go...... He ...... a few days ago It's been a few days ago......"

The old man scolded on the head, although it was fierce, but his face was very vivid, and he was scolding proudly, but when he heard his nephew's words, his face suddenly stiffened, and the expression seemed to be fixed on his face, and he didn't change for a long time, but he only knew that he stared at the nephew in front of him in a daze.

He held the burden in his hand, and after lifting it for a while, he didn't remember to take it back, he looked like a fool, his lips trembled, and he asked in a dumb voice for a while: "What are you...... What does that mean? Where did you go? Didn't you come back from Qingxiu Mountain early? ”

At this time, all the people behind him were already around, and none of them spoke, the people who carried the eggs, the people who hugged the tofu, and the people who carried the bacon and the leaves of the tender vegetables, all looked at him with horror on their faces, just waiting for them to explain.

The head of the household swallowed his saliva again and said bitterly: "I left early a few days ago...... The person in charge said, I'm afraid that we have the heart to send it, delay the matter of the state in the middle of the nongsang, and delay the repair of the city gate...... There is only one steward in the house...... The family is gone, the courtyard is gone, the lady of the house is gone, and the girl is also gone, and the girl is also clean, and there is no luggage left, I went to the room to look around, and I can't even find half a pen or half a rotten cloth......"

After he finished speaking, the old man was full of disbelief, grabbed the burden in his hand, shook his head and said, "You are bluffing me!" When is it, still playing tricks on your second uncle! ”

As he spoke, he grabbed the burden, turned his head and rushed to the ground with a shallow foot towards Gu Zhaishen, who had the door closed, and went to the door with the burden in his hand, and shouted through the door: "Gou Yuan!" Goin is not there! The little old man is Xiao Erskewer of Silver Lion Lane! Goin doesn't remember me! I was sick that day, and I was going to die, but I was able to survive when I entered the plague camp! You came to see me when I was seriously ill! Goin! Open the door! ”

There were a few copper coins in the baggage, and they slammed against the door, and his terrible shouts, one after another, one after another, were extremely pitiful.